Natural childbirth is best for the mother and baby, in addition to faster recovery, allows the mother to care for the baby earlier, with less pain and bleeding, as well as with less risk of infection. In addition, the baby will be less likely to have breathing problems.
However, cesarean section may be the best delivery option in some cases, for example, when the baby is lying down (when the baby is sitting), moaning (when the first fetus is in an abnormal position), when a disproportion occurs cephalopelvian. where the placenta is delivered, the placenta predicted the total, closing the genital canal.
- Normal delivery and C-section vary from one to the other in terms of labor and postpartum period.
- Refer to the table below for the main differences between birth types:.
Natural childbirth
C-section
Faster recovery
Slower recovery
Less postpartum pain
Increased postpartum pain
Lower risk of complications
Increased risk of complications
Small scar
Mayor’s scar
Lower risk of preterm birth
Increased risk of premature baby
No more births
Shorter work
No anesthesia
With anesthesia
Easier handling
Harder to maintain
Lower risk of respiratory diseases in infants
Increased risk of respiratory diseases in babies
In the case of natural childbirth, the mother can usually get up to care for the baby, has no pain after delivery, and future births are easier, less time, and less pain, even if it’s a C-section. I was only able to get up, after six to 12 hours after delivery and future cesarean deliveries were more complicated.
A woman may not feel pain during natural childbirth if she receives epidural or epidural anesthesia, which is a type of anesthesia that is placed exactly in the spinal cord surrounding the fluid sac, called epidural space, so that she may feel pain during labor that does not harm the baby. Learn more about epidural anesthesia.
In the event of a natural birth, when a woman does not wish to receive anesthesia, she has a natural birth name and the woman may adopt certain strategies to relieve pain, such as changing position or controlling her breathing.
C-section is indicated in the following cases
Twin pregnancies whose first fetus is pelvic or abnormally present;
Acute fetal suffrage;
Very large babies, more than 4,500 g;
Baby in cross-sectional or seated position;
The placenta predicted the premature release of the placenta from the abnormal position of the umbilical cord;
Congenital malformations;
Maternal problems such as HIV, genital herpes, severe heart or lung disease or inflammatory bowel disease;
Previous C-sections.
In addition, C-section is also indicated when trying to trigger medication delivery (if an attempt at labor is attempted) and this is not in progress; However, it is important to remember that cesarean delivery carries the highest risk of complications during surgery. .
Humanized childbirth is a delivery in which the delivery has control and decision on aspects of delivery, such as the position, place of delivery, anesthesia or the presence of family members and where the obstetrician and the team are present to practice decisions given safety. and health of mother and baby.
In this way in humanized childbirth, the patient decides whether to have a natural birth or a C-section, anesthesia, whether it is performed in bed or in water, for example respecting the decisions of the medical team, provided that it does not. Mother and baby were endangered. For more information about humanized delivery, see: How to Perform a Humanized Delivery.
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